1 Chronicles 12:38

12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. ¹  They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; ²  all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. ³ 

1 Chronicles 19:3

19:3 the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? ⁴  No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!” ⁵ 

[12:38]  ¹ tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).

[12:38]  ² tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”

[12:38]  ³ tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”

[19:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

[19:3]  ⁵ tc Heb “Is it not to explore and to overturn and to spy out the land (that) his servants have come to you?” The Hebrew term לַהֲפֹךְ (lahafakh, “to overturn”) seems misplaced in the sequence. Some emend the form to לַחְפֹּר (lakhpor, “to spy out”). The sequence of three infinitives may be a conflation of alternative readings.